Experience the thrill of flying as you explore the natural beauty of a vast voxel world. Relax and feel as free as a bird as you create your own adventure, with no time constraints or set goals. Discover and observe hundreds of unique animals whose features your shape-shifting bird can absorb.

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Early Access Game

Get instant access and start playing; get involved with this game as it develops.

Note: This Early Access game is not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you
should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Fugl has already been developed with a lot of feedback from early testers. We have posted a lot online and gone to a lot of trade shows to get feedback, and so the next natural step seems to be Early Access, so we can hear what the community here thinks.

Fugl is still under heavy development, so there will be bugs, missing features, and the occasional surprise unlock as we add content. Please only buy the game if you are ok with the game not being finished yet and you are willing to provide occasional feedback to the development team.

The full launch version of the steam version of the game is included in the early access purchase.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“We currently expect to be in Early Access for around 6 months. If that timeline holds, it will depend a lot on how the feedback we get from the Steam Community matches what we have seen in other places so far. We do tend to not want to release anything, until we feel it is done.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“For a start, we still want to improve the core experience of feeling like a bird as much as we can. We want to improve the controls, so that it offers something for everyone; from the more casual player looking for a chilled out experience, over those who are seeking a more arcade-like experience, to those who are looking for a fuller, more complete simulation.
In addition we are looking to improve the animals and deepen the interaction with them, improve the sound layer, add more features to the procedurally generated world, improve the editor tools and release more of them to the steam community, and much more.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“We tend to think of the current version of Fugl as a late Alpha. Most of the basic systems are in; infinite procedural terrain generation, flying, shape-shifting, animal AI and rudimentary interaction with the wild life. From here on, we are primarily focusing on building out and improving those systems.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We are planning on Early Access starting out at a lower price, and then incrementally raising the price each time we feel we hit an important milestone. That way, we reward people who get in early to support the game.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Fugl has been developed with the community ever since the beginning. While we do have a specific vision we want to see fulfilled, the game has also changed a lot already through feedback from people. We expect this process to continue through Early Access.”

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April 8

​First we thought this system would be ready by the end of December, then a month later, and so on, but it is finally here! The biome generation have been completely overhauled resulting in a smoother and hopefully less confusing experimentation.

You can now choose which self-enclosed biome to explore, by cycling through them on the menu. Gone are the days of flying in a random direction, to hopefully get to the biome you want to explore. As before, each biome is populated with fauna specific to that environment.

​Improvements still coming!

​We think the biomes look better than ever. Hopefully you think so too! We are still improving the game, like adding waterfalls and an underwater experience.

​Morphing

​We are experimenting with the morphing. To try it out, enable it in the options menu, and use the shoulder buttons on the controller to control the morph.

March 14

As you may know, Johan has been busy overhauling the biome system. Most people were getting lost and never discovered other biomes than the first one, so we took the consequence; instead of the endless seamless worlds, each biome is now self-contained and wrapping around on all sides. Johan has turned this limitation to his advantage, and created a tool that can create more beautiful landscapes than we ever had before.

We have just released an early alpha version of the biome creator for free (Mac only for now), and we'll keep updating it as we go along! Please try it out, and let us know what you think. You can take a look at the tutorial video above and the time lapses below, to get a quick feeling for what you can do with it.

Reviews

“Lovely meditative bird flying experience”Featured in “The nine most fascinating new indie games at Gamescom” – The Guardian

“An enjoyable getaway from the blood, bullets and brutality of many other games”PC Gamer

About This Game

PLEASE NOTE

Fugl is currently in alpha, meaning we are still adding new features to the game and improving stability and performance. We are looking for players who want to play the early version of the game, and hopefully also get involved in its development.

WHAT IS FUGL?

Fugl is a sandbox game where you create the story, playing as a shape-shifting bird. Relax and feel the breeze under your wings as you glide serenely across picturesque landscapes, or kick up the excitement and soar up steep cliffs like an eagle. With no set rules the free roaming gameplay lets you discover the beauty and secrets of the world at your own pace and dares you to make your own meaning for a stress-free experience.

Fugl’s world is a vast and unique voxel playground. It is procedurally generated yet carefully crafted, with diverse areas to explore, from icy wind blown caves to tropical paradises to great deserts and old growth forests. Each environment is rich in diverse wildlife with hundreds of animals to find. You may even be lucky enough to stumble across rare mythical creatures. Come close to any of these creatures and you have the chance to take on new visual characteristics and flying behaviours inspired by them.

Give the world of Fugl your own creative touch by personalising it in the extensive level creator and craft your custom bird in the avatar editor.

Take on new visual characteristics and flying behaviours inspired by other animals

Make your own custom bird in the avatar editor

Shape your personal world with the level creator

Enjoy the relaxing soundtrack created with the sounds and ambience of nature

Receive regular content updates throughout Early Access, including new areas, new animals and new features

ROADMAP

We are very proud of what we have accomplished so far, but we still have a few things we'd like to add to the game, before we come out of Early Access. The following are features that we'd really like to add, but everything is subject to change as development is still on-going.

Feel Free as a Bird

Expand on the core experience of flying: Add wind, thermals, clouds, day/night-cycle and different kinds of weather.

Just as there are many different types of birds, we'd like to be able to support many different ways of enjoying life as a bird in Fugl. Some are looking for a more chilled experienced, and some for a frantic challenging experience. We are working on ways to support different modes of play.

Birds can do more than just glide on the winds, break, speed up or hop on the ground and we want to support as many special manoeuvres and abilities as we can!

Fugl is not the only living thing in the world. We want the wildlife to be able to influence you, and you to influence them!

A Living WorldThe animals in Fugl are really important for providing a sense of life, interaction and immersion in the world.

Improved AI For the animals

Better physics For the animals

Physics interactions between the player and the animals

Faster and improved distribution of animals in the world

Animal motivations to make them more interesting to interact with

More animations

Environments & Level Creator

Steam Workshop integration for the level creator

Support for more procedurally generated content

More support for user generated content like voxel models

Rendering, Hardware and Platforms

Linux Support

We are old-school so we are still looking to improve performance and reduce memory requirements wherever we can!

We still have a few rendering tricks up our sleeve that we are working on